Leonard Cohen

Three Cool Moments of the Grammys

Last Night: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at White Room

Last Night: Nada Surf at Studio A

Last Night: Conor Oberst at Culture Room

John Hood Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale Better Than: The Eagles after they slept with Leonard Cohen. This should really be called The Night Before Last Night seeing that ol’ Bright Eyes’ boy wonder played on Tuesday rather th ... More >>

Who's That Guy?

It's Guy Clark, eminent songwriter and cool person

Chelsea on the Rocks premiere rocky, Chelseac

Festival Director Tiziana Finzi hands Ferrara his Lifetime Achievment Award--some kind of crystal statue--and he immediately asks how much it cost

Excising Expectations

Festival Director Tiziana Finzi hands Ferrara his Lifetime Achievment Award--some kind of crystal statue--and he immediately asks how much it cost

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Festival Director Tiziana Finzi hands Ferrara his Lifetime Achievment Award--some kind of crystal statue--and he immediately asks how much it cost

Kate Voegele "Mess"-ing up Culture Room on May 24th

Gorgeous singer/songwriter Kate Voegele is coming to town, and you owe it to your eyes (and ears) to check her out.  Kate is taking a break from her budding acting career on One Tree Hill to grace the Culture Room with her voice on May 24th in support of her second album "A Fine Mess". Her ... More >>

Bluesman John P. Hammond Plays the Colony Theatre

He keeps the tradition alive.

Rufus Wainwright Croons at The Fillmore Miami Beach

Check him out Saturday night.

Head Spins: Deejay Smeejay

A lounge-loving throwback.

Willard Grant Conspiracy

Let It Roll (Dahlia)

Our top DVD picks for the week of April 24

Let It Roll (Dahlia)

Willie Nelson

Songbird (Lost Highway)

New Times's Top DVD Picks for the Week of November 14, 2006

Songbird (Lost Highway)

Get Inside!

Your three-month forecast of the summer's top movies

Arab Strap

The Last Romance (Transdreamer)

The Hanukkah Songs

The Last Romance (Transdreamer)

Lambchop

Aw Cmon/No You Cmon Merge

Willard Grant Conspiracy

Regard the End (Kimchee)

Sondre Lerche

Faces Down "Astralwerks"

Herzog Head-Trip

Travel with the German director through the wilderness of the Earth and his mind

Feel His Pain

Billy Bob has a simple plan: to sing about life and lovin' his wife

Under Ogre

Shrek offers an amusing, if empty, fractured fairy tale

The Beard One Speaks

Peter Beard

Tim Easton

The Truth About Us
New West

The Sweet Buy and Buy

The Truth About Us
New West

No Steps Forward, Two Steps Back

The Truth About Us
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The Joy of Struggle

The Truth About Us
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Generation Beck

The Truth About Us
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Rotations

The Truth About Us
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Kitsch Highway

The Truth About Us
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The Citrus Circuit Tour Is Juicy

And it's swinging through South Florida.

Leonard Cohen to Play BankAtlantic October 17

Every young co-ed that I knew when I was a young man in college loved Leonard Cohen. I'm not sure if he fit some weird Elektra complex type of role in their lives or what, but they couldn't get enough of his deep monotone vocals and sung-spoken verses. Of course, this was the early '90s, and we were ... More >>

Concert Review: Tori Amos at The Fillmore Miami Beach

Photo by John HoodTori Amos performing at the Fillmore Miami Beach Thursday night.​Tori AmosThursday, July 29, 2009The Fillmore Miami BeachBetter Than: You can imagine -- twiceHard to say which was better: sitting in the front row next to a dynamite dame for Tori Amos's Fillmore Gleason show, or c ... More >>

Local(ish) Album Review: Ed Hale - Ballad on Third Avenue

​Ed Hale Ballad on Third Avenue (Dying Van Gogh)Ed Hale's outfit Transcendence was the kind of band that allowed ambition and extravagance to find equal footing. Progressive by design, its sumptuous arrangements often overshadowed Hale's skills as a songwriter, which featured some great melodies a ... More >>

Leonard Cohen

​Ed Hale Ballad on Third Avenue (Dying Van Gogh)Ed Hale's outfit Transcendence was the kind of band that allowed ambition and extravagance to find equal footing. Progressive by design, its sumptuous arrangements often overshadowed Hale's skills as a songwriter, which featured some great melodies a ... More >>

Top Ten Thursdays: Top 10 Leonard Cohen Songs

Leonard Cohen​It's the tour those of us younger Leonard Cohen fans -- the ones who discovered his music through the Natural Born Killers soundtrack, covers of "Hallelujah," or when we walked into a tiny used CD store in Gainesville and heard "Take This Waltz" playing -- never thought would happen. ... More >>

What to Hear in Broward and Palm Beach This Weekend

via Flickr user eytonz​Fresh off their sting opening for Green Day, The Bravery are out on a headlining tour. Tonight, they'll be at Culture Room starting at 8. If you're looking for something a little less radio friendly, check out psychobilly rock gods Viva Le Vox at Respectable Street or Jason ... More >>

Over the Weekend: New Found Glory Secret Show, Cat Show, Leonard Cohen and Bassnectar

Summer is finally over! The insufferable heat finally broke this weekend and its officially fall in South Florida. Yes, we didn't turn on our AC all weekend and we couldn't be more excited. So we hope you enjoyed the reason why we all moved here in the first place.We're sure you didn't stay in this ... More >>

Concert Review: Leonard Cohen at BankAtlantic Center, October 17

Photo by Sayre Berman​Click here to view photos from this event.Leonard CohenSaturday, October 17, 2009BankAtlantic Center, SunriseBetter Than: Any singer you've ever heard before.Why the hell Leonard Cohen appeared at BankAtlantic Center rather than, say, The Fillmore Gleason is anybody's guess. ... More >>

Canadian Songsmith Gordon Lightfoot Lands at Parker Playhouse March 11

​You wouldn't immediately assume it from the traditional balladry of "Sundown," but Gordon Lightfoot is a dark motherfucker. Like his most successful single, Lightfoot can seem out-of-date, boring, and stodgy until you spend a weekend with him. Then, it becomes obvious that dude's just as oversexe ... More >>

The year's best indie rock, or whatever you want to call it

​You wouldn't immediately assume it from the traditional balladry of "Sundown," but Gordon Lightfoot is a dark motherfucker. Like his most successful single, Lightfoot can seem out-of-date, boring, and stodgy until you spend a weekend with him. Then, it becomes obvious that dude's just as oversexe ... More >>

Ten stellar Americana and folk albums of 2009

​You wouldn't immediately assume it from the traditional balladry of "Sundown," but Gordon Lightfoot is a dark motherfucker. Like his most successful single, Lightfoot can seem out-of-date, boring, and stodgy until you spend a weekend with him. Then, it becomes obvious that dude's just as oversexe ... More >>

Concert Review: Surfer Blood Returns to Respectable Street and (Almost) Nothing Gets Broken

Photo by Steve Rullman's iPhone​Surfer BloodWith Turbo Fruits, Love Handles, and the DewarsRespectable Street, West Palm BeachApril 20, 2010Before your faithful Broward-Palm Beach Crossfade contingent became a member of the New Times staff, he attended a fateful Surfer Blood show January 27 at Res ... More >>

Top Ten Gambling Movies: Rounders, Cincinnati Kid, and More

Americans love gambling movies almost as much as they love gambling itself. What's not to like? You get the thrill of a high-stakes cards game from the comfort of a multiplex. Over the last few years, though, something happened. ​The gambling movie was replaced by ESPN. Suddenly, with the broadcas ... More >>

Ess & Emm Giving Cafeina the Maple Leaf Touch for The Eh Team Friday

Photo by JipsySasha Lauzon (right) and Michelle Leshem are Ess & Emm.​It's not a secret that Canadians love South Florida. Every time you are stuck behind some idiot on I-95, it's almost a guarantee that their license plate says Je me souviens. Still, our neighbor to the (way up) north have gi ... More >>

SXSW: Thee Oh Sees, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Hunting Down Roky Erickson

​​Austin continues to be a land of great things, even during the madness of South by Southwest with a bazillion bands blasting their music at the same time. Austin's so great that the madness isn't even madness. For instance, a massive line of hundreds of people waiting for a wristband from Th ... More >>

Bonnie Prince Billy Talks the Free Florida Tour, Funeral Homes, and Cover Songs

Will Oldham, AKA Bonnie Prince Billy.​Two musical masterminds, armed with pseudonyms, Will Oldham (AKA Bonnie Prince Billy) and Emmitt Kelly (AKA The Cairo Gang), will bravely head south, past the Florida state line to mercifully provide us with quality shows in our time of desperate musical need. ... More >>